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Uachtarán: The Irish Word for “President” (uachtar, “upper portion, cream” + -án, a suffix) Posted by róislín on Oct 28, 2012
(le Róislín) I guess that “teideal an bhlag seo” pretty much explains the Irish word for president, “uachtarán” [OO-ukh-tar-awn]. “Uachtar” [OO-ukh-tar] actually means “upper portion,” widely used today to mean “cream” (as in “uachtar reoite,” ice-cream). That is, of course a throwback to the days before homaiginiú, when the cream rose to the top of…
Cultacha Samhna don Bhliain 2011 Posted by róislín on Oct 18, 2011
(le Róislín) As some of you may recall, last year we did a little vocabulary match-up with Halloween costumes. Let’s try it again for 2011. Each costume name has two words or phrases in Irish, one in Colún A and the other in Colún B. One thing to remember is that word order in Irish…